"Elijah seat" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1987, Joel Salzberg, Critical Essays on Bernard Malamud, G. K. Hall, →ISBN, page 219:",
          "text": "But Cohn can and does extend \"recognition,\" suspecting from the beginning a significant core of feeling in the immense isolato, seeing hints of a \"true gentleman\" and even going so far as to offer him the Elijah seat at the Seder.",
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          "ref": "2003 September 7, Bonnie Glassford, Living the Sacred Story: A Journey Into the Landscape of the Bible, iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 196:",
          "text": "Because of my schedule of chores, the seder was half-over when I arrived and there was a choice of two seats: one right beside the rabbi, or else Elijah's seat, a chair that sits empty in case the prophet Elijah turns up with the Messiah in tow, on his donkey. I sat beside Michael as I am not Elijah, and I have absolutely no messianic pretensions or connections, and thus the Elijah seat implied responsibilities that I did not care to take on.",
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          "ref": "2004, Matilda Koén-Sarano, King Solomon and the Golden Fish: Tales from the Sephardic Tradition, Wayne State University Press, page 193:",
          "text": "The Elijah seat on which the sandák sits and the performance of the brit at the synagogue as a religious ritual are elements that help affirm the link to Judaism.",
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        "In Jewish ceremonies, an unoccupied seat reserved for the prophet Elijah."
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        "(Judaism) In Jewish ceremonies, an unoccupied seat reserved for the prophet Elijah."
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